Key Lime Pie, Dining Room Table and Flower Necklace

Well the desserts at the BBQ on Sunday went down a real treat.  The Key Lime Pie was fabulous (even if I say so myself), especially with the double chocolate chip cookie base - lime and chocolate is so delicious.  Anyway, weekend out of the way and my project for yesterday/today was to tidy the dining room table.  Just oh so could not see what the table looked like it was so piled high with stuff.  So armed with new storage boxes with an aim to categorising things into relevant categories I slowly tidied everything away.  Knitting/sewing/cross-stitch etc - box 1....  Paper craft and decoupact - box 2 ..... Jewellery beads and findings - box 3 and 4 (have I really accumulated so much beading stuff already).... Work stuff and paperwork .... box 5.  Now at least I can see the dining room table and everything is sorted.  How long will it last!!!

Tried my first necklace attempt today having sorted out all the beads.  Followed a basic instruction leaflet curtesy of a big craft outlet and I am really pleased with the result.  Really quite easy to do provided you have the right tools and the right beads/findings.  Daughter of 12 has now seen the necklace and has requested that I make one for her too.  I think she can have a purple one - there can't be two of us wearing the same thing in the house at any one moment in time!!

Next project is Jamaican Jerk chicken for dinner.  My gosh, there are an awful lot of spices and ingredients that go in to marinating this dish.  The chicken has been marinating for just over 2 hours now and will hopefully soon be able to reap the rewards when we get it on the BBQ.  Having a lovely cold rice salad to go with it.  Yum Yum.

Anyway, had better get this chicken to the BBQer or else it will be tomorrow before we eat it.  Son of 15 is watching Man U and Chelsea on the telly.  As huge Arsenal supporters we have just got to love to hate Man
U so...... come on Chelsea!!! 

Love jayjay